Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

1844  On this day in history 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

1845  On this day in history the Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on this day in history.   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment   

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment   

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on January - 01.   

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1851  City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on January - 01.   

1852  Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps on January - 01.   

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history 1st US public bath opens, in NYC   

1853  On January - 01 the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  On January - 01 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  On January - 01 hans Koessler, composer   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)   

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on January - 01.   

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on January - 01.   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on January - 01.   

1861  On this day in history porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  On this day in history president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful   

1862  On January - 01 battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)   

1862  On this day in history the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  On this day in history uS income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on this day in history.   

1862  Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Helena AK on January - 01.   

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on January - 01.   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.   

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52